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Save the Blackdown Vale

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Anne Garrett Verified
2 months ago

I am signing because I am really concerned about the environmental impact this will have to the country side and unbelievable destruction of our beautiful countryside renowned on the Blackdown Hills. Not to mention the destruction of the environment we are all used to in the area increasingly disrupting the total beauty of the area which will never be the same with such an increase of population.

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June Skelhorn Verified
2 months ago

The countryside needs saving for future generations

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rose whitehorn Verified
2 months ago

Ruining beautiful countryside and small village charm

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Cyan Jordan Verified
2 months ago

This will negatively impact close personal friends and their community.

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David Sheppard Verified
2 months ago

Taunton is big enough. The infrastructure will not cope with this amount of housing on top of what is already being built.

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Sarah Sheppard Verified
2 months ago

The villages are being consumed by these larger developments and losing their identities. Taunton does not need it

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Daniella Jammes Verified
2 months ago

How could such a beautiful and ecologically important area of countryside be ruined by wanton development. This area doesn’t have the roads or the amenities to support this number of new homes.

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Supporter Verified
2 months ago

Towns are being hollowed out! Develop these brownfield sites instead. This would revive our towns and save our food production and landscapes!

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Ian Gouge Verified
2 months ago

Our green fields i’ve disappearing at a colossal rate. We already have more homes Nationally than people to fill them. We need our Greenfields to grow food.

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Annie Dixon Verified
2 months ago

Please consider developing old unused buildings and brownfield sites first. And which came first houses or jobs

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Janine Gerzanics Verified
2 months ago

No absolutely not. The valley us too important agriculturally.

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Fiona Kearney Verified
2 months ago

If the countryside, a key part of the area, is ruined by urbanisation, the appeal and character of the town is ruined also.

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Hazel Hill Verified
2 months ago

The country side is very important to save for our wildlife and our wellbeing . A strain on the water supply, it’s bad enough now. I hope people see sence not to do it.

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Supporter Verified
2 months ago

Keep somerset the green, wild and beautiful county we know it is. I love living here for that reason and our future generations need it.

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Peter Hind Verified
2 months ago

No new settlements are required in Somerset. Housing growth should be organic.

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Shaun Holmes Verified
2 months ago

Remember these developers don’t want to improve our towns they just want to make as much money as possible so these developments will never deliver on what they promise or ever really be in the interest of the local people.

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Dawn Mitford-slade Verified
2 months ago

Thurlbear wood is an ancient haven for wildlife which would be ruined Leave the countryside alone for farmers to grow crops Taunton has enough new houses Please Find somewhere else

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Paul Bath Verified
2 months ago

Prime agricultural land , and strong historical importance regarding the civil war and a place of natural beauty

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Nick Graves Verified
2 months ago

Because of the impact on nature.

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Supporter Verified
2 months ago

We must protect green spaces